@Sedo @namesilo nwx.com listed for sale at $15,750 it's been stolen, NameSilo you are the new registrant I spoke to the owner it was stolen from his mydomain account and transferred to you, this name is stolen.
Sounds like you had a bad rep. Ha. I think I remember pushing a domain from a domain.com affiliate to another domain.com affiliate in the past. But couldn't remember for sure. The chat with the rep confirmed it.
I wonder if this 'secret accnt question' method works with MyDomain.com to Domain.com pushes. Or if it would have required assistance from support.
But back to the topic... I'm wondering if:
The alleged thief pushed the domain to their (or somebody else's) Domain.com (or affiliate site) account prior to transferring to Namesilo.
Not sure how (if) transfer locks (from MyDomain.com to Domain.com) would effect this.
I doubt 'it' is a female. More likely, posing as female is part of the social engineering process.
@alcy Pushing domains between Domain.com, MyDomain.com, Netfirms and Dotster is possible. I've done it many times in the past. You need to have the details of both accounts and it involves a regular push as well as asking them to change the RSP (RSP stands for Registered Service Provider, if I'm not mistaken) to the new registrar. When they don't do that (or say they did but didn't because... well... often they're incompetent and have no idea what they're doing)- the domain is still technically in the first registrar even after the push is done and can't be controlled from the new registrar until the RSP is changed.
I tried that once. NEVER AGAIN!!!@alcy Pushing domains between Domain.com, MyDomain.com, Netfirms and Dotster is possible. I've done it many times in the past. You need to have the details of both accounts and it involves a regular push as well as asking them to change the RSP (RSP stands for Registered Service Provider, if I'm not mistaken) to the new registrar.
I have discovered sufficient evidence to determine that @PatyGMar is @AlejandroGarcia.
Both NWX and ECA were managed by email addresses of legacy providers, AOL and Comcast; both email addresses are in the compromised list.
Move your domains away from such providers.
I have discovered sufficient evidence to determine that @PatyGMar is @AlejandroGarcia.
Accounts are closed or restricted for failure to verify ownership of the domain name.
Hope that helps,
I have discovered sufficient evidence to determine that @PatyGMar is @AlejandroGarcia.
Accounts are closed or restricted for failure to verify ownership of the domain name.
Hope that helps,
Weird. I have dealt with AlejandroGarcia in the past dating back several years and he has strong trade reviews. I wonder what is going on here...
Brad
I can add RoboForm to this list. Using it for i think more than 15 yrs and am really happy.
I have discovered sufficient evidence to determine that @PatyGMar is @AlejandroGarcia.
Foffe.com had received qurey on transfer day.
but it resolved from Godaddy side, and they unlocked domain name..
Received query from who? And what was the query about?
What was the outcome? ... did they award the domain to you, or was it returned?
they had locked domain for 2 days,
and after investigation they awarded domain to me. and unlocked them as well.
I had to send mail to godaddy support..
Very first time, i had doubt that there might be stolen domain, but when dispute came, i contacted seller, and she told me to return money, if domain are not removed from dispute.
but when it got resolved from Godaddy, i denied for refund, and i found that domains are not stolen...
"There might be a possibility that seller wanted to get trust by selling some domains, and preparing for bigger scam..."
Thanks for the clarification.
I've never encountered this before. Just so I understand, GoDaddy sent you an email notifying you the domains had been locked and were under investigation?
Then they finished their investigation, and awarded you the domains?
For educational purposes, would you mind sharing those emails?
This is possible. But at the same time, should the seller have sold domains they legitimately registered, there may be a footprint leading back to their identity. As such, a scammer could have motive to only deal in stolen domains.
All three domains being sold in the below screenshot were previous owned by a John Makowski of Maryland using a @comcast.net email.
Mr. Makowski could have legitimately sold them, and Paty could have legitimately acquired, and sold them in effort to build trust. But given the current shenanigans, there could be more to this. Might be best to contact Mr. Makowski and see what (if anything) can be confirmed.
@PatyGMar told me that she purchased from person having paypal id *****@comcast.net
if email ids of original owners are hacked, then it will be hard to prove @PatyGMar as scammer in Paypal and Godaddy...Did she happen to message you a screenshot of that?
I wonder, if GoDaddy had opened a investigation, if they would have received such correspondece from her (or John -- maybe even correspondence from the @comcast.net email 'not knowing if it was hacked or not'), in order for GoDaddy to have came to the conclusion they had in awarding you the domain.
Can confirm that both appear to be the same person (not just the same IP address).
The possibility of either account being compromised shouldn't be ruled out, though there is circumstantial evidence suggesting that isn't likely to be the case.
This is a good opportunity for a PSA: If your password here is the same as your password anywhere else, change it. You need a password manager. If you're doing business online, it's not optional. It is quite possibly the single best step you can take toward security your online assets. If you can remember your password, it's a bad password.
Some reputable password managers, in no particular order:
Additional security tips:
- SMS doesn't count as 2FA. It's nearly useless. I don't even know why websites still offer this; it's security theater and offers no significant protection. All it does is inconvenience you. Don't even add SMS as a backup option; you're completely eliminating the benefits of 2FA when you do that.
- OATH is your best option for 2FA. Typically this involves installing an app on your phone and taking a picture of a funky-looking QR code. Google Authenticator and Authy are both popular apps for this purpose. This is what NamePros offers and recommends.
- If you find 2FA codes inconvenient, consider getting a YubiKey. Not all websites support them, but the number is growing, and NamePros plans to support them in the near future. The cheap blue one is all most people need. I linked to the two-pack, as it's a good idea to have a backup.
- When choosing security questions and answers, don't use real answers. Generate random passwords in your password manager and use those instead. Hackers are better at figuring out the real answers than you are at remembering them.